What's happening
This bill prohibits level two or three sex offenders from being placed in temporary emergency housing or shelters with families with children.
Why it matters
Aims to increase safety for children in emergency housing. By barring level two and three sex offenders from being placed in shelters with families, the bill seeks to reduce potential risks of harm or trauma to vulnerable children during periods of family instability.
Significantly impacts shelter placement policies and logistics. Homeless service providers and local social services would be required to develop alternative arrangements for higher-risk sex offenders, which could complicate shelter capacity and resource allocation.
May raise civil rights and reintegration concerns. The exclusion of certain offenders from family shelters might make it more difficult for them to find temporary housing, potentially increasing homelessness or recidivism among this population.
Reflects heightened public and political sensitivity on child safety issues. The legislation responds to constituent fears and political pressure regarding sex offenders near children, influencing broader debates about balancing public safety with rehabilitation and housing rights.
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Keep Sex Offenders From Shelters
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- Referred to social services
- Referred to social services
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Bar Sex Offenders Near Kids
In Assembly Committee · Social Services · Sponsor Jeffrey D. Klein
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6670
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 15, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, ENGLEBRIGHT, M. G. MILLER, GUNTHER, LAVINE, ZEBROWSKI, BRINDISI, SIMOTAS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HIKIND, JOHNS, MAGEE, McDO- NOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, RA, RAIA, SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to restricting placement of level two or level three sex offenders in any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 131-y to read as follows:
§ 131-y. Placement of level two or level three sex offenders. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, neither the office of temporary and disability assistance, nor a social services official acting on his or her own or as an agent pursuant to this title, shall permit or cause the placement of any sex offender who has been assigned a level two or level three designation pursuant to article six-C of the correction law, into any temporary emergency housing or homeless shelters used to house families with children.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07311-01-7
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